Typical Coat Closet Rod Height

Once you have your overall closet size nailed down it s important to ask how high should a closet pole be.

Typical coat closet rod height.

Adjust the standard closet rod height if installing a double rod closet system. For a double rod closet the standard height of the top rod is 81 75 inches from the floor and the standard height of the bottom rod is 40 5 inches. If you re interested in a closet with a single rod the rod is typically mounted to be 72 inches off of the floor. For a single rod closet the standard rod height is 66 5 inches.

At 7 feet high the top shelf is a stretch for many people. The very top shelf in the closet is commonly 84 inches above the floor level. Anywhere from 60 to 65 inches high is an ideal height for your coat closet rod which gives enough space for overcoats and long rain jackets and is still easy to reach. Rod height is the height of the closet rod from the floor of the closet.

In a double hang configuration one rod is positioned at the height of 42 inches and another rod is positioned above it at 84 inches above the floor. This allows a double deck arrangement of closet rods below this shelf. For the average person whose wardrobe contains few lengthy garments single rod systems leave lots of unused square. This again depends on your closet.

Standard closet rod height. Since overcoats take up lots of vertical space a coat closet rod needs to be higher from the ground. However this is simply the standard and closet rod.